(Rock) Jackson Browne - Standing In The Breach - 2014, MP3, 320 kbps

"The Birds of St. Marks" was originally written in 1967 when Jackson was just 18 and returning home toCalifornia after a brief stint living in New York. The song was recorded as a demo in 1970 and occasionally heard in the live setting as captured on his Solo Acoustic Vol. 1, but has only now been given the treatment Jackson had originally envisioned. "This is a song I always heard as a Byrds song, and that was even part of the writing of the song," he told Rolling Stone. The finished version of the song features Greg Leisz playing a "McGuinn-esque 12-string," described Rolling Stone. Leisz and Jackson were joined by Val McCallum(electric guitar), Bob Glaub (bass) and Don Heffington (drums), while as described in MOJO "McCallum andKipp Lennon stir[ed] essence of Crosby into the vocal harmonies."
Jackson Browne launches an album tour this fall, with band dates starting at The Kennedy Center inWashington DC, and ending at The Royal Albert Hall in London, England. He will also appear on The Late Show with David Letterman on October 6th and CBS This Morning on October 11th. Accompanying Jackson on the road are longtime band mates Val McCallum (guitar), Mauricio Lewak (drums), Jeff Young(keyboards) and Bob Glaub (bass), with the addition of acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Greg Leisz (guitar, lap steel, pedal steel).
Standing In The Breach, is a collection of ten songs, at turns deeply personal and political, exploring love, hope, and defiance in the face of the advancing uncertainties of modern life. "The interplay between Val McCallum and Greg Leisz on this album - the effortlessness of their chemistry is a gift really, that just dropped into my lap," says Jackson.